Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-02-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is, 1887

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fore Congress during the week
The Eads' Ship Railway bill has
been discussed; retaliation talk to-
wards Canada has been sindulged
in; the trade dollar has been vindi-
Gated so far as the House is con-
cerned; the River and Harbor bill
has been debated; the needs of the
District Of Columbia have had
some attention; the late Senator
Pike, of New Hampshire, has been
the subject of memorial services in
the Senate, while Gen. Logan was
being eulogized in the House, and
naval affairs have occupied much
of the time of our lawmakers in
the Upper House.
The knowing ones are still busy
preparing a new Cabinet slate, al
though it now seems conceded
that the change in the Treasury
portfolio is the only one that will
be made. Minister. Pendleton, ex-
Senator Mcdonald and Assistant
Secretary Fairchild are those often
est mentioned as probabilities for
the place. Speaker Carlisle is the
latest addition to the list. He is
regarded as dangerous dark
horse.
What may be done this session
10 regard to a new navy and coast
defenses no one eau say. The
Senate has done nobly, and its bills
appropriating millions for this pur-
pose are at the mercy now of the
Democratic House Committee on
Appropriations. This all-powerful
Committee, dominated by the
genius of penuriousness, Mr.. Sam
uel Randall, has shown no DISPOSE
ton yet to respond to the Senate's
wishes, and it is more than proba-
bic that the session will slip away
and leave the matter just as it
stands.
| When the Senate was discussing
a bill for the increase of the naval
establishment, Senator Vest reiter-
ated his time worn speech about
the Republican party being respon-
slble for the present condition Of
the navy. Senator Hale, of Maine,
who has often answered Mr.. Vest S
sallies on this subject, replied to
him again.
He remarked that during the
twenty years spoken of by the Sen
ator from Missouri, the Republican
party had ouly been in full control
Of the Government eight years.
The Democrats at the other end of
the Capitol had always thrown
themselves athwart any proposition
to strengthen the navy. He called
attention to the fact that although
he Republican party had lost con-
troll of the Administration, the Re-
publican Senate was today voting
literally, and perhaps lavishly. for
the navy and coast defenses, and
leaving the expenditure of these
vast sums in the hands of a Demo
cratic Administration. This atti-
tude was just in opposition to the
attitude of the Democratic party
fer years past.
| Senator Hawley, of Conn, said
he welcomed an opportunity of
placing money in the hands of a
Democratic Administration because
during the sixteen years he had
been in Congress he had heard
successive Republican Secretaries
Of the Navy denounced and vili6ed
beyond human endurance. The
Republicans had never failed tc
challenge investigation; to dare &C
cusers to put their hands on any
acts of corruption on the part Of
their Secretaries of the Navy
There had been investigations, anC
they had resulted in nothing.
During the eight or ten year!
that the House has been in contro
of the Democratic party, scores O
measures for the good of the coun
try have passed the Senate, anC
have been consigned to the toni
of the Capulets in the House. The,
always met with a spirit of deter
mined opposition and obstruction
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